FACULTY SENATE AGENDA
Smith Lecture Hall, WB 206-207, 3:00 p.m.
April 17, 2008

 

1. Roll Call

2. Approve the minutes from the March 27, 2008 meeting.

3. Certificates of Appreciation – Bruce Handley
Outgoing Senate members, Executive Committee members and Committee Chairs

4. Recognition of Bruce Handley’s Service as Chair of the Faculty Senate – Dave Ferro

5. Election of Faculty Board of Review Members for 2008-09 – Dave Ferro

6. Faculty Senate Standing Committee Members and Chairs for 2008-09 – Dave Ferro

7. Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee – Craig Oberg, Chair
Faculty Sick Leave Policy – PPM 3-21a

8. Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee – Gene Sessions
Renewal of Committee
Committee Presentation

9. 14 Week Semester Calendar Survey Results – Eric Amsel, Chair

10. Curriculum Committee – Craig Bergeson, Chair

Community Based Learning Designation

Curriculum Proposals

English Department - Course proposal for Irish Literature - Eng 4760.
Master of Arts in English - Program change; New course proposals for Critical Approaches to Literature - Meng 5080, Methods and Practice in Tutoring Writers - Meng 5840; Course changes for Literature in Context - Meng 6010, Foundations - Meng 6020, Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism - Meng 6030, Seminar in American Literature - Meng 6240, Seminar in British Literature - Meng 6250, Seminar in World Literature - Meng 6260, Graduate Seminar in Eminent Writers - Meng 6510, Masters Project - Meng 6940, and Variable Topics - Meng 6710; Course deletions for Contemporary American Literature - Meng 6540, Contemporary British Literature - Meng 6550, and Contemporary World Literature - Meng 6560.

Clinical Laboratory Science - Program proposal for Clinical Laboratory Sciences B.S. Degree; Course proposal for Advanced Clinical Microbiology - CLS 3316.

Teacher Education - Program proposal for Special Education Major B.S. and B.A.; New course proposals for Human Exceptionality - Educ 2010, Validated Instructional Methods and Practicum: Written Expression - Educ 4660, Special Education Student Teaching - Educ 4680, Special Education Student Teaching Seminar and Synthesis - Educ 4685; Course changes for Validated Instructional Methods and Practicum: Mathematics - Educ 4640, and Validated Instructional Methods and Practicum: Reading - Educ 4650.
Endorsement in Education of the Gifted - New course proposal for Action Research in Education of the Gifted - Meduc 6495; Course changes for Foundations in Education of the Gifted - Meduc 6420

Master of Education - Course proposals for Understanding Science - Meduc 6650, and Internship in Leadership: Reading and Professional Development - Meduc 6356

Foreign Languages & Literatures - General Education Humanities Emphasis for Second Year II - FL 2020; Program proposals for German Minor: Commercial Emphasis, French Minor: Commercial Emphasis, and Spanish Minor: Commercial Emphasis; New course proposal for Second Year II - FL 2021.

Health Promotion and Human Performance - New course proposal for Leadership Concepts for Human Performance Management - PEP 4620.

History - Program proposal for Social Science Composite Teaching Major; New course proposals for History of Modern France - Hist 4370, History of Modern France - Hist 4370; Course changes for Nineteenth Century Europe - Hist 4250, and Twentieth-Century Europe - Hist 4260; Course deletion for Europe 1945-Present - Hist 4270.

Computer Science - Program changes for Computer Science A.A.S. Degree, and Computer Science Teaching Minor.
Manufacturing Engineering Technology - Program proposal for Construction Management Technology
B.S. and A.A.S. Degrees; New course proposal for Design of Construction Systems - CMT 4350; Course change for Computer Applications in Construction - CMT 1500

Computer & Electronics Engineering Technology - Program proposals for Electronics Engineering Technology (EET), and Computer Engineering Technology (CET); New course proposals for Trouble Shooting - CEET 2160, Industrial Controls - CEET 2170, Engineering Computer Tools - CEET 3005, Circuit Analysis - CEET 3010, Project Management - CEET 3090, and Systems Design and Integration - CEET 4090.

Automotive Technology - Program proposal for Automotive Technology B.S. Degree; New course proposals for Introduction to Automotive Technology - ATTC 3000, Advanced Electrical Systems - ATTC 3260, Advanced Painting and Refinishing - ATTC 3280, Advanced Structural Analysis and Damage Repair - ATTC 3480, Automotive Damage Analysis and Estimating - ATTC 3680, Advanced Automotive Technologies ATTC 3760, Advanced Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair - ATTC
4380, Advanced Propulsion Systems - ATTC 4560, Insurance Industry Business Practices - ATTC 4780, and Automotive Standards, Laws, and Regulations - ATTC 4860; Course changes for Introduction to Safety Management and Hazardous Materials - ATTC 3020, Fleet Management - ATTC 3520, Automotive Business Practices - ATTC 3620, Cooperative Practicum - ATTC 3880, and Capstone Project - ATTC SI 4720; Course deletion for Environmental Issues - ATTC 4020. Program proposal for AAS in Collision Repair Technology; Course proposals for Collision Repair Fundamentals and Estimating - Ausv 1001, Painting and Refinishing 1 - Ausv 1085, Structural Analysis
and Damage Repair 2 - Ausv 2180, and Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair 2 - Ausv 2085; Course changes for Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair 1 - Ausv 1080, Structural Analysis and Damage Repair 1 - Ausv 1180, and Painting and Refinishing 2 - Ausv 2080.

Radiologic Sciences -Program proposal for Advanced Radiologic Sciences; New course proposals for Managing Clinical Information - Radt 3563, PACS Administration - Radt 4433, Imaging Informatics - Radt 4443; Course changes for Diagnostic Services Pharmacology - Radt 3263, Computerized Imaging - Radt 3463, and Research Methods - Radt 4933. Program proposal for Diagnostic Medical Sonography; Course proposals for Cardiac Sonography III - DMS 4223, Gynecologic Sonography - DMS 4333, Vascular Sonography II - DMS 4413, Breast Sonography - DMS 4501, Cardiac Laboratory - DMS 4640, Vascular Laboratory - DMS 4644, Vascular Clinical I - DMS 4866, Vascular Clinical II - DMS 4867, Vascular Clinical III - DMS 4868, Breast Clinical - DMS 4869, and Vascular Comprehensive Review - DMS 4913; Course changes for Sonography Principles & Instrumentation - DMS 4103, Cardiac Sonography I - DMS 4203, Cardiac Sonography II - DMS 4213, Superficial Structure Sonography - DMS 4313, Obstetric Sonography - DMS 4343, Vascular Sonography I - DMS 4403, Medical Laboratory - DMS 4642, Cardiac Clinical I - DMS 4860, Cardiac Clinical II - DMS 4861, Cardiac Clinical III - DMS 4862, Medial Clinical I - DMS 4863, Medical Clinical II - DMS 4864, Medical Clinical III - DMS 4865, Cardiac Comprehensive Review - DMS 4911, and Medical Comprehensive Review - DMS 4912; Course deletions for Superficial Structure & Special Studies - DMS 4323, Cardiac Sonography I - DMS 4503, Cardiac Sonography II - DMS 4523, Laboratory Scanning Experience I - DMS 4641, Laboratory Scanning Experience III - DMS 4643, and Laboratory Scanning Experience V - DMS 4645.


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MINUTES
April 17, 2008
 

1. ROLL

2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion: Moved to approve the minutes from the March 27, 2008 meeting.
Made: Chris Bentley
Second: Richard Greene
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

3. CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION

Certificates of appreciation were given to outgoing Executive Committee members, Faculty Senate members, student members, and Faculty Senate Committee Chairs.

4. RECOGNITION OF BRUCE HANDLEY’S SERVICE

Bruce Handley was presented a clock and certificate in appreciation of his three year’s of service as the chair fo the Faculty Senate.

5. ELECTION OF FACULTY BOARD OF REVIEW MEMBERS.

Senate members were asked to vote for three from the following list: Tony Allred, Jim Bird, Gene Bozniak, Al Talbot and Brooke Arkush. The three elected to serve two-year terms were Tony Allred, Gene Bozniak and Al Talbot. Jim Bird and Brooke Arkush will serve as alternates.

6. APPROVAL OF FACULTY SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2008-09
 

It was pointed out that Daniel Balderson (Gen Ed), and Autumn Behringer (TLA) will not be at Weber State next year. Replacements on these committees will be made in September.

7. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AD HOC COMMITTEE

It was proposed by the 2008-09 Executive Committee that the Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee continue for one more year.

Motion by the Executive Committee to have the Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee continue for one more year as an ad hoc committee.
Outcome: The motion passe unanimously.

8. 14-WEEK SEMESTER CALENDAR SURVEY - Eric Amsel, Chair

The 14-week Calendar committee was charged with assessing faculty opinions about the 14-week calendar proposal. The committee approved a vote procedure in late February and by March the material for the vote was assembled. Ballots and ancillary information were mailed to 507 faculty members during the week after spring break. A total of 189 (37%) ballots were received on time. The distribution by college of returned ballots closely matches the actual distribution of faculty members by college.

Vote Results
Resolution 1: Should Weber State University adopt a 14-week semester (two 7-week blocks per semester) for fall and winter semesters?
RESPONSE PERCENTAGE
Yes 43.4%
No 47.6%
No Opinion 6.9%
No Response 2.1%

Resolution 2: Should Weber State University adopt a 14-week semester with two 7-week blocks during the summer?
RESPONSE PERCENTAGE
Yes 51.3%
No 38.6%
No Opinion 8.5%
No Response 1.6%

Twenty-four pages of faculty comments were transcribed and have been forwarded to Faculty Senate and the administration.

9. SALARY, BENEFITS, BUDGET & FISCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE – Jenny Turley and Barry Gomberg

The Following proposed faculty sick leave policy was presented to the Faculty Senate:

PPM 3-21a
II. POLICY
A. Faculty members do not accrue vacation or sick leave. Therefore, (1) personal illness, (2) birth of a child, (3) adoption of a child, or (4) absences from work due to an extended illness of a spouse, dependent child, or parent will be covered as approved by the Department Chair and Dean or as covered under PPM 3-29a, Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).

B. All faculty will be compensated at full pay and benefits for a period of up to 12 weeks annually from the inception of leave. The annual period will be calculated in the same manner as PPM 3-29a. 

1.The Department Chair, in cooperation with the Dean, shall assure that the faculty member’s teaching responsibilities shall be covered appropriately.
2. If the faculty member chooses to take a full 12 weeks of paid leave, additional time may be taken through (1) leave without pay, (2) reassignment of duties with reduced pay, or (3) reassignment of duties at full pay. The type of additional leave needs to be negotiated with the Department Chair and Dean. After four weeks of leave without pay, the faculty member will no longer be eligible for paid benefits.
3. In the event that both members of a married couple are employed by the University, and at least one is a member of the faculty, the leave benefit to provide child care related to a new-born or an adoption will be taken only by one or the other, or one benefit will be shared between them.
4. Extension of the probationary period for tenure is allowed per PPM 8-23.

C. The University reserves the right to require substantiation of absences.

D. Record of extended sick leave is to be maintained by the Department Chair or appropriate administrator.

E. A physician's statement indicating the condition of the employee and fitness for duty may be required.

F. At the conclusion of 12 weeks of continual leave caused by the faculty member’s own disabling health condition, the faculty member must apply for long-term disability. Regardless of eligibility for long-term disability, the faculty member's teaching position at the University will be held for one year from inception of leave in anticipation of a return to duty.

G. The University has the option to terminate a faculty member’s right to the position after one year of leave subject to the due process provisions of Sections 9-9 through 9-18 of the PPM. Faculty members can reapply for subsequent positions for which they are qualified as posted by the university.

H. If a faculty member’s non-FMLA protected pattern of leave/attendance creates an undue burden or hardship for the department, then her or his employment may be terminated subject to the due process provisions of Sections 9-9 through 9-18 of the PPM.

I. The provisions of this policy shall not supersede any federal or state law that provides greater employee leave benefits and/or rights than are offered in this policy.

The parameters they used to develop the policy were the Family Medical Leave Act and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
Their goals were to promote continuity in the classroom, enhance the recruitment and retention of faculty, preserve flexibility, and encourage communication between faculty and department chairs.

Discussion
• Senate members wanted to see item “A” be more inclusive, and suggested that the Salary Committee to be charged next year with revisiting the policy in terms on including partnerships under item “A.”
• The policy would standardize the benefits across campus for faculty.
• This proposal would allow 12 Weeks of paid sick leave.
• This policy is only a recommendation to the administration.
• Faculty will not be required to bank hours. Banking hours would only apply to extra weeks beyond the twelve weeks of paid leave.
• FMLA allows intermittent leave.
• B-3 was discussed in terms of both employees not being allowed to take sick leave at the same time, “the leave benefit to provide child care related to a new-born or an adoption will be taken only by one or the other, or one benefit will be shared between them.”
• B-2, After four weeks of leave without pay, the faculty member will no longer be eligible for paid benefits. The faculty member would after 16 weeks have the option of paying for their own benefits.

Previous Question: Laine Berghout
Outcome: 30 in favor

Motion by the Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee to approve the above stated policy as a recommendation to the administration.
Outcome: The motion passed with 4 opposed.

Motion: Moved to charge the Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee to investigate broadening the definition of dependents in the faculty sick leave policy item “A.”
Made: Rob Reynolds
Second: Rick Sline
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

10. SENATE PACKETS

Both the 2007-08 and the 2008-09 Executive Committees have concluded that we need to discontinue copying curriculum items for the Senate packets. Those who want full copies of the curriculum proposals can come to the Senate Office and pick those up. Curriculum items will be posted online. A cover sheet will be provided for each set of curriculum outlining the pros and cons, and recommendations of the Curriculum Committee.

11. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE – Craig Bergeson, Chair

Community Based Learning – Brenda Kowalewski

They are proposing a Community Based Learning designation for courses that meet certain criteria. Currently courses taught on campus with a community based learning component, service learning or community based research, are not listed as such in the class schedule. The designation in the class schedule will let students know that the course will include a service learning or community based research component. The designation will be similar to those classes that include “supplemental instruction.” The Community Involvement Center’s curriculum committee will be responsible for evaluating whether or not that teaching method is being employed. Current courses would apply for the designation and the courses would be approved by section and by instructor.

Curriculum Proposals

English Department - Course proposal for Irish Literature - Eng 4760.

Master of Arts in English - Program change; New course proposals for Critical Approaches to Literature - Meng 5080, Methods and Practice in Tutoring Writers - Meng 5840; Course changes for Literature in Context - Meng 6010, Foundations - Meng 6020, Studies in Literary Theory and Criticism - Meng 6030, Seminar in American Literature - Meng 6240, Seminar in British Literature - Meng 6250, Seminar in World Literature - Meng 6260, Graduate Seminar in Eminent Writers - Meng 6510, Masters Project - Meng 6940, and Variable Topics - Meng 6710; Course deletions for Contemporary American Literature - Meng 6540, Contemporary British Literature - Meng 6550, and Contemporary World Literature - Meng 6560.

Clinical Laboratory Science - Program proposal for Clinical Laboratory Sciences B.S. Degree; Course
proposal for Advanced Clinical Microbiology - CLS 3316.

Teacher Education - Program proposal for Special Education Major B.S. and B.A.; New course proposals for Human Exceptionality - Educ 2010, Validated Instructional Methods and Practicum: Written Expression - Educ 4660, Special Education Student Teaching - Educ 4680, Special Education Student Teaching Seminar and Synthesis - Educ 4685; Course changes for Validated Instructional Methods and Practicum: Mathematics - Educ 4640, and Validated Instructional Methods and Practicum: Reading - Educ 4650.

Endorsement in Education of the Gifted - New course proposal for Action Research in Education of the Gifted - Meduc 6495; Course changes for Foundations in Education of the Gifted - Meduc 6420

Master of Education - Course proposals for Understanding Science - Meduc 6650, and Internship in Leadership: Reading and Professional Development - Meduc 6356

Foreign Languages & Literatures - General Education Humanities Emphasis for Second Year II - FL 2020; Program proposals for German Minor: Commercial Emphasis, French Minor: Commercial
Emphasis, and Spanish Minor: Commercial Emphasis; New course proposal for Second Year II - FL 2021.

Health Promotion and Human Performance - New course proposal for Leadership Concepts for Human Performance Management - PEP 4620.

History - Program proposal for Social Science Composite Teaching Major; New course proposals for History of Modern France - Hist 4370, History of Modern France - Hist 4370; Course changes for Nineteenth Century Europe - Hist 4250, and Twentieth-Century Europe - Hist 4260; Course deletion for Europe 1945-Present - Hist 4270.

Computer Science - Program changes for Computer Science A.A.S. Degree, and Computer Science Teaching Minor.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology - Program proposal for Construction Management Technology B.S. and A.A.S. Degrees; New course proposal for Design of Construction Systems - CMT 4350; Course change for Computer Applications in Construction - CMT 1500

Computer & Electronics Engineering Technology - Program proposals for Electronics Engineering Technology (EET), and Computer Engineering Technology (CET); New course proposals for Trouble Shooting - CEET 2160, Industrial Controls - CEET 2170, Engineering Computer Tools - unanimously 3005, Circuit Analysis - CEET 3010, Project Management - CEET 3090, and Systems Design and Integration - CEET 4090.

Automotive Technology - Program proposal for Automotive Technology B.S. Degree; New course proposals for Introduction to Automotive Technology - ATTC 3000, Advanced Electrical Systems -ATTC 3260, Advanced Painting and Refinishing - ATTC 3280, Advanced Structural Analysis and Damage Repair - ATTC 3480, Automotive Damage Analysis and Estimating - ATTC 3680, Advanced Automotive Technologies ATTC 3760, Advanced Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair - ATTC 4380, Advanced Propulsion Systems - ATTC 4560, Insurance Industry Business Practices - ATTC 4780, and Automotive Standards, Laws, and Regulations - ATTC 4860; Course changes for Introduction to Safety Management and Hazardous Materials - ATTC 3020, Fleet Management - ATTC 3520, Automotive Business Practices - ATTC 3620, Cooperative Practicum - ATTC 3880, and eliminating Project - ATTC SI 4720; Course deletion for Environmental Issues - ATTC 4020. Program proposal for AAS in Collision Repair Technology; Course proposals for Collision Repair
Fundamentals and Estimating - Ausv 1001, Painting and Refinishing 1 - Ausv 1085, Structural Analysis and Damage Repair 2 - Ausv 2180, and Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair 2 - Ausv 2085; Course changes for Non-Structural Analysis and Damage Repair 1 - Ausv 1080, Structural Analysis and Damage Repair 1 - Ausv 1180, and Painting and Refinishing 2 - Ausv 2080.

Radiologic Sciences -Program proposal for Advanced Radiologic Sciences; New course proposals for Managing Clinical Information - Radt 3563, PACS Administration - Radt 4433, Imaging Informatics - Radt 4443; Course changes for Diagnostic Services Pharmacology - Radt 3263, Computerized Imaging - Radt 3463, and Research Methods - Radt 4933. Program proposal for Diagnostic Medical Sonography; Course proposals for Cardiac Sonography III - DMS 4223, Gynecologic Sonography - DMS 4333, Vascular Sonography II - DMS 4413, Breast Sonography - DMS 4501, Cardiac Laboratory - DMS 4640, Vascular Laboratory - DMS 4644, Vascular Clinical I - DMS 4866, Vascular Clinical II - DMS 4867, Vascular Clinical III - DMS 4868, Breast Clinical - DMS 4869, and Vascular Comprehensive Review - DMS 4913; Course changes for Sonography Principles & Instrumentation - DMS 4103, Cardiac Sonography I - DMS 4203, Cardiac Sonography II - DMS 4213, Superficial Structure Sonography - DMS 4313, Obstetric Sonography - DMS 4343, Vascular Sonography I - DMS 4403, Medical Laboratory - DMS 4642, Cardiac Clinical I - DMS 4860, Cardiac Clinical II - DMS 4861, Cardiac Clinical III - DMS 4862, Medial Clinical I - DMS 4863, Medical Clinical II - DMS 4864, Medical Clinical III - DMS 4865, Cardiac Comprehensive Review - DMS 4911, and Medical Comprehensive Review - DMS 4912; Course deletions for Superficial Structure & Special Studies - DMS 4323, Cardiac Sonography I - DMS 4503, Cardiac Sonography II - DMS 4523, Laboratory Scanning Experience I - DMS 4641, Laboratory Scanning Experience III - DMS 4643, and Laboratory Scanning Experience V - DMS 4645.

Curriculum proposals from Automotive Technology, Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology, and Foreign Language were removed from the packet for further discussion.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the above curriculum proposals minus the proposals from Automotive Technology, Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology, and Foreign Languages.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Automotive Technology
Discussion
• General Education requirements - Eliminating Communications - HU 2110? They are not eliminating the communication’s course.
• Widening the mission of the program with three tracks
• Why are they eliminating the course called Environmental issues? They have three course that relate to the environment that the students are taking in the program.
• The program now focuses heavily on technical training.
• Adding eleven new courses.
• Faculty? Some faculty only have a two-year associates degree. Four of the eight teaching only have a bachelor’s degree. Two of the faculty have master’s degrees. The two faculty with master’s degrees will teach in the bachelor’s program.
• The program they have offered for the last twenty years is still in existence as one of the three options.
• A thirty member national advisory committee with representatives from every manufacturer of automobiles in the country, and representatives from business made suggestion for the revisions to the program.
• The program is driven by industry demands.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the Automotive Technology program and course proposals.
Outcome: 25 in favor, 5 opposed and 4 abstentions.

Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology
Discussion
• Math requirement? Their advisory committee feel that calculus and physics are not needed in a technician program. Calculus II is still required in the Electronic Engineering Technology program. The Computer Engineering Technology program is shifting toward embedded controller systems and does not require Calculus II. The advisory committee felt that Calculus I is sufficient for the CET program.
• Physics for Engineers I is required for the bachelor of science in EET and CET.
• The writing courses are still part of the program.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the curriculum proposals from Computer and Electronics Engineering Technology.
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 opposed.

Foreign Languages & Literature
There was no discussion on the three commercial minors.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the proposals from Foreign Languages & Literature for the three commercial emphasis minors.
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 abstention.

Foreign Languages & Literature
Foreign Language 2020 course
• Will this disenfranchise our bachelor of science students?
• There are two main groups that come in and take the culminating course, heritage speakers who have grown up in a family where another language is spoken, and return LDS missionaries. In most cases none of these students can take any of the lower division classes. We prefer that they take an upper division class. If they pass it with a C or better they can receive all of the lower division credit including the humanities credit.
• This change will put Weber State in line with the other state institutions.
• Students in 2010 really don’t learn enough language to work in the language or to understand the kinds of concepts that general education tries to address, e.g. art, beauty, ethics, culture, analysis, critical thought.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the course proposals from Foreign Languages & Literatures for General Education Humanities Emphasis for Second Year II - FL 2020, and the new course proposal for Second Year II - FL 2021.
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 abstention.

ADJOURN

The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.